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Matt Forte #0 | Running Back | Chicago Bears
Height: 6-1    Weight: 222    Born: , Lake Charles, LA

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May 4, 2008
Running back Matt Forte may have been the Bears most impressive player during the team's rookie minicamp. "Matt Forte, since Day 1, since the first practice, stood out," head coach Lovie Smith tells the team's official web site. "You noticed him catching the ball and running. It looked like it wasn’t too big for him. It looked like he’s been here before and that’s what you want to see."
May 2, 2008
Contrary to what many team observers have gone out on a limb to suggest recently, the Chicago Bears second-round pick, Tulane running back Matt Forte, is far from a lock to replace the beleaguered Cedric Benson as the team’s featured back from the get-go, according to Pro Football Weekly. “It’s obvious this guy is not a complementary, change-of-pace back to Benson,” one team insider told PFW. “He looks more like a replacement. Forte just seems like a much more complete three-down back than Benson. I can easily see him becoming the starter, with Benson being used in the same kind of role he had behind Thomas Jones in the Bears’ Super Bowl year.”
April 29, 2008
Rookie Matt Forte is excited to be a member of the Bears, according to ChicagoBears.com. The second round pick out of Tulane stated, "I’m happy to be drafted by the Chicago Bears, especially as a running back. They have a great history of running backs that came through there. Hopefully I can take over and become one of those guys who makes history as a Chicago Bear just like they did. This is a great opportunity to come in and make a mark for myself. I know their running back situation and I have a chance to come in and compete. It’s not going to be given to me. I’m going to have to work hard and come in and compete. It’s a great chance for me to show I can play in this league and to do good and become a great running back in the NFL."
April 28, 2008
The Bears envision Matt Forte to be a three-down back, according to The Chicago Sun Times. Bears' GM Jerry Angelo stated, "We took a running back as you all know. We like him very much. Again, we did a lot of work on him. He played his whole career through his senior year. We really want to focus on that. We wanted players with good production and obviously we targeted certain positions that we either wanted to upgrade at and/or create more competition. Forte would fall into the later. We want to create more competition at the position. I felt like our running game obviously was one of the weak spots on our football team. He gives us a big back, a three down back. He has enough speed to get to the outside and he has the ability to make people miss at the second level. Those were two areas where we could really never find any consistency which made us an easy team to defend from my perspective. He has very, very good hands and he’s a three down back. I think he weighed in at 217 pounds at the combine. He ran a really good forty. I don’t necessarily see the play speed on tape as what he ran at the 40, but he did run a very good forty at Indianapolis."
April 28, 2008
The Bears envision Matt Forte to be a three-down back, according to The Chicago Sun Times. Bears' GM Jerry Angelo stated, "We took a running back as you all know. We like him very much. Again, we did a lot of work on him. He played his whole career through his senior year. We really want to focus on that. We wanted players with good production and obviously we targeted certain positions that we either wanted to upgrade at and/or create more competition. Forte would fall into the later. We want to create more competition at the position. I felt like our running game obviously was one of the weak spots on our football team. He gives us a big back, a three down back. He has enough speed to get to the outside and he has the ability to make people miss at the second level. Those were two areas where we could really never find any consistency which made us an easy team to defend from my perspective. He has very, very good hands and he’s a three down back. I think he weighed in at 217 pounds at the combine. He ran a really good forty. I don’t necessarily see the play speed on tape as what he ran at the 40, but he did run a very good forty at Indianapolis."